The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ANI , but the solution may also be LOCO which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Cuckoo crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANI | 68 % | 3 |
| NUTS | 3 % | 4 |
| GAGA | 3 % | 4 |
| DAFT | 3 % | 4 |
| LOCO | 3 % | 4 |
| INSANE | 2 % | 6 |
| INANE | 2 % | 5 |
| NUTTY | 2 % | 5 |
| MAD | 2 % | 3 |
| BATTY | 2 % | 5 |
| BATS | 2 % | 4 |
| NUTCASE | 1 % | 7 |
| CRAZY | 1 % | 5 |
| SCREWY | 1 % | 6 |
| BONKERS | 1 % | 7 |
| LOON | 1 % | 4 |
| OFFONESROCKER | 1 % | 13 |
| NUTSO | 1 % | 5 |
| LOONY | 1 % | 5 |
| NUTSY | 1 % | 5 |
| NONCOMPOSMENTIS | 1 % | 15 |
| DIPPY | 1 % | 5 |
| UTTERLYDEMENTED | 1 % | 15 |
| SILLY | 1 % | 5 |
Why may LOCO be the right solution?
The word "cuckoo" is often associated with being crazy or insane. "Loco" is a slang term that means crazy or insane, making it a fitting answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cuckoo
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- goose
- jackass
- fathead
- zany
- goof
- ani
- shrike
- bird
- rhododendron
- nuts
- peek-a-boo
- flake
Crossword Answer definitions
ANI noun- A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
- The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ANI
- "Wheel Of Fortune" purchase
- Blackbird
- Crossword cuckoo
- Cuckoo
- Folksinger DiFranco
- Violinist Kavafian
- Black cuckoo
- Cuckoo-like bird
- Long tailed blackbird
- Puzzler's bird
More clues leading to the result NUTS
- Enthusiastic
- They may be mixed
- Not playing with a full deck
- "Darn!"
- Batshit
- Cracked
- Phooey
- Long after soup
- Message from McAuliffe
- Chipmunk chow
More clues leading to the result GAGA
- Completely infatuated
- Infatuated
- Head-over-heels
- Nutty about
- Silly
- "Artpop" musician, casually
- Crib babble
- Smitten
- Moonstruck
- Crazy (for)
More clues leading to the result DAFT
- Off one's rocker
- Loopy
- Wacky
- Balmy
- ___ Punk
- ___ Punk ("Around the World" electronica duo)
- Mad
- Foolish
- A little loopy
- Not all there
More clues leading to the result LOCO
- In __ parentis
- Insane
- Weed or motive starter
- Plumb crazy
- Touched
- Batshit
- Off one's trolley
- Crazy, in Texas
- Bats
- Bonkers
More clues leading to the result INSANE
- Mad
- Moonstruck
- Preposterous
- Bonkers
- Non compos mentis
- Cuckoo
- Nuts or bananas
- Cuckoo bananas
- X Gamer's "amazing"
- Beyond daring
More clues leading to the result INANE
More clues leading to the result NUTTY
- Cuckoo
- Kooky
- Off one's rocker
- Eccentric
- Bonkers
- Wacky
- Daft
- Screwball
- Like Jerry Lewis's professor
- "The __ Professor"
More clues leading to the result MAD
- "__ Dogs and Englishmen"
- Alfred E. Neuman's mag
- Alfred E. Neuman's magazine
- Frenzied
- Like a wet hen
- Magazine since 1952
- Ready for commitment?
- "Cracked" competitor
- "Hatter's" mental state?
- Batty
More clues leading to the result BATTY
More clues leading to the result BATS
- Belfry residents
- Carlsbad Caverns sight
- Flying mammals
- Belfry inhabitants?
- Winks and blinks
- Bonkers
- Cuckoo
- Loony
- Chiropterologist's study
- Cuckoo bananas
More clues leading to the result NUTCASE
- Screwball
- Crazy person
- One with a screw loose
- Eccentric
- Colorful helmet brand
- Wackaloon
- Loony
- Weirdo
- Cuckoo
- Loon
More clues leading to the result CRAZY
- Bats
- Off one's rocker
- Bananas
- Patsy Cline classic
- Nelson-penned Cline hit
- Mad
- Bonkers
- Patsy Cline hit
- Ready for the rubber room
- Wild (about)
More clues leading to the result SCREWY
- Madcap
- Behaving bizarrely
- Absurdly impractical
- Ridiculous
- Off one's rocker
- Off the wall
- Cuckoo
- Disconcertingly peculiar
- Nuts
- Eccentric
More clues leading to the result BONKERS
More clues leading to the result LOON
- Diving bird
- Guard of the Nibelung treasure
- Minnesota state bird
- Golden Pond bird
- Crazy fowl
- "Crazy" bird
- Complete nut
- Fish-eating bird
- Web-footed bird
- Canadian coin bird
More clues leading to the result OFFONESROCKER
More clues leading to the result NUTSO
More clues leading to the result LOONY
- Round the bend
- Mad as a hatter
- Wacko
- Bananas
- Canadian clam
- Kook
- Cracked
- Preposterous
- Non compos mentis
- One brick shy of a load
More clues leading to the result NUTSY
More clues leading to the result NONCOMPOSMENTIS
More clues leading to the result DIPPY
- Off-the-wall
- Silly in an endearing way
- Foolish
- Silly
- A bit foolish
- Cuckoo.
- Off one's rocker
- Totally uncool
- Hardly sensible
- Likably silly